Educational chart



Dec. 19, 1922.

M. M. HYLAND.

EDUCATIONAL CHART.

FILED APR. H, 1922.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1922.

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EDUCATIONAL CHART.

Application filedApril 11, 1922. "Serial N.0.551 527.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEWM. HYLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Educational Charts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to educational charts especially adapted for use by children.

An important object of this invention is to provide an educational chart having simple means whereby children may learn the alphabet and learn to read simple words by associating the letters of the alphabet and simple words such as dog, cat, and. rat, with variou colors.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chart which will not only teach the children to read simple words and the various letters of the alphabet but will also enable the child to distinguish different colors.

Also, the invention aims to provide an educational device which may be manufactured either in chart or book form at a small price. I

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, the figure representsa chart constructed in accordance with this invention.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred e1nbodiment of the invention, thenumerals 5 and 6 designate parts 1 and 2 respectively of the chart and by reference to the drawing it will be seen that each chart is divided into twenty-six sections or squares, making fiftytwo sections in all.

It might be said that parts 1 and 2 are divided into rows of sections and that the rows of part 1 are of different colors. That is to say, the upper row which is designated by the numeral 8 may be five different shades of green, one shade for each square. Likewise, the sections of the row 9 may be five different shades of red. while the sections of the rows 10, 11 and 12 may be different shades of blue, yellow and purple respectively. The lowermost row of each part consists only of one sectionand this may be of any desired color.

Summarized, it might be stated that part 1 consists of a plurality of rows of squares of different colors, the squares in each row being of different shades of the same color, and, by reference to the drawing, it will be seen that pictures of such articles as an ax, a boy, a church, a dog, an egg, and a fan appear in the various colored squares or sections of the rows. Of course in carrying out the invention all of the twenty-six sections in part 1 will be provided with pictures, the number being limited in this illustration to simplify the description.

Part 2 is also provided with twenty-six squares all of which are provided with colors similar to the colors in part 1. However, the colors in part 2 are mixed up so that when a child is seeking to find a color in part 2 which appeared in part 1, it will have to look over the various colors. That is to say, the green square in part 1 in which the ax appears will not be the first square in the row but will possibly be the third square in part 2. Also the red square in which the fan appears will not be duplicated in the first square of row number 2 of part 2 but will possibly appear in the fifth row from the top.

It is thus seen that there are corresponding colors in parts 1 and 2 and in the squares of part 2, the word is printed instead of a picture of the article appearing as in part 1.

In use, the child will observe that the light green square in part number 1 bears the picture of an ax and will carry a mental picture of this color in his mind while looking for a corresponding color in part 2. Upon finding the corresponding color in part 2, the word ax will be written out, all of which enables the child to learn the alphabet and to learn to read simple words.

In the manufacture of a number of charts part 1 of each chart will be a duplicate of all other charts while part 2 will be different in each instance.

1. An educational chart divided into parts 1 and 2, part 1 being provided with a series of rows of squares of different colors, the squares in each row being different shades of the same color, part 2 also being provided with squares colored similar to the squares in part 1 part 1 being provided with pictures of objects in the squares and part 2 being provided With Words indicating the object in the similarly colored square in part 1.

2. An educational chart divided into parts 1 and 2, part 1 being provided With a series of rows of squares of different colors, the

squares in each row being different shades of the same color, part 2' also being provided with squares colored similar to the squares in part 1, part 1 being provided with p1ctures of objects in the squares and part 2 being provided With Words indicating the object in the similarly colored square in part 15 1, the colors in part 2 being irregularly ar ranged.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MATHEW ,M. HYLAND.

Witnesses JAMES R. WOOD, H. W. A'r'rLEsEY. 

